Canada Day brought out some dysfunctional baseball from the Blue Jays, and from a fan perspective there wasn’t much sense in sticking around to witness the end result, a 10-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

So there wasn’t much left of a good crowd of 34,853 on Sunday when Colby Rasmus jacked a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to make it somewhat closer on the scoreboard.

This just wasn’t a day when baseball and beautiful weather mixed well together. Six errors — three by each team — a tough swing that led to a botched hit-and-run by the Jays and seven runs over the final two innings by the visitors spelled disappointment for the home fans.

But it was Canada Day, and the Jays did some nice things to get the crowd pumped up before what proved to be another decent start by lefty Aaron Laffey.

Members of the Canadian military unfurling a huge Canadian flag to the sound of bagpipes was stirring stuff. Flanking them were members of the Canadian Olympic team — rowers, synchronized divers, a sailor and three Special Olympics athletes.

Newlands, who also performs at Leaf games, sang a few lines of “O Canada,” then let the crowd finish the rest. It was an inspirational tribute to Canada’s 145th birthday and a wonderful lead-in to the ballgame.

Laffey didn’t disappoint. The veteran lefty, called up from the minors last month because of all the injuries to the Jays’ starting rotation, worked six solid innings of four-hitter. He gave up a two-run homer to Alberto Callaspo in the fifth, but was otherwise worthy of a better result on the scoreboard.

Toronto hitters, who were so explosive in Saturday’s 11-2 win, couldn’t match that performance Sunday. There was a good reason for that — C.J. Wilson, the high-priced free-agent acquisition from the Rangers, had his good stuff going for the Angels.

And that would be a tailing, mid-90s fastball and a nasty breaking pitch he could get over for strikes much of the time. Toronto didn’t get on the scoreboard until the sixth, when Wilson had a mild bout of wildness. But the Jays could wring only two runs out of the inning.

J.P. Arencibia cracked a line-drive homer in the seventh and suddenly the game was tied 3-3. But that was as good as it got for the Jays on this day.

Veteran reliever Francisco Cordero entered to start the eighth and gave up a leadoff homer to Mike Trout. After Albert Pujols singled with one out, right fielder Mark Trumbo uncorked his 20th homer of the season. Cordero, who ranks second in career saves among active pitchers, was booed mercilessly by the fans as he left the game following a double by Kendrys Morales.

In the sixth inning, home plate umpire James Hoye confused everyone on a foul tip call on Jose Bautista’s strikeout with the bases loaded. That gave Bautista a second chance and he grounded to second in what should have been a sure-fire double play, but Angels second basemen Howie Kendrick let the ball get past him.

A run scored, and that should have halted the remaining Jay baserunners in their tracks. But Rasmus was motoring with his head down and kept coming for third, leaving Brett Lawrie with no choice but to vacate third and head for the dish.

As the outfield relay arrived, Lawrie hammered Angels catcher John Hester but failed to touch the plate. Hoye, however, ruled that Hester had missed the tag, and Lawrie scrambled back and touched home for the Jays’ second run. That brought out Angels manager Mike Scioscia out of the dugout.

“I don’t know what he said, I couldn’t tell what he was saying, I couldn’t read his lips,” said Lawrie, who no doubt surmised that Scioscia’s commentary wasn’t exactly complimentary.

Laffey, who was making his third start in the stitched-up rotation, has now gone six innings in each of his last two outings, allowing a total of only seven hits. He’s been as consistent as anyone over that span, and he’ll certainly get another start.

“Once they told me I (was in the rotation) I just tried to keep getting better and take that into every pitch I make,” said Laffey.

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